Rajasthan panchayat ostracises girl, family
byJaipur, May 31 (IANS) A caste panchayat (council) in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district ostracised a young woman, her bridegroom and their family members and forced…
Crime
Pakistan to devise policy on US drone strike
byIslamabad, May 31 (IANS) Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) party, which will form the new government, has decided to devise a national policy on the…
Congress dilemma: focus on Maoist insurgency or election?
by‘If terrorism is uncontrolled, if leftwing extremism continues to flourish in important parts of our country which have tremendous natural resources of minerals, that…
Can’t label Maoist attack intelligence failure: Shinde
byRaipur: Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Friday declined to label as an intelligence failure last week’s Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh in which 28 people, including…
Cattle smugglers kill cop, injure five
byLucknow, May 31 (IANS) A policeman was killed and six others critically injured when a cattle-smuggling gang rammed its truck into a police jeep…
Food poisoning kills inmate at Goa prison
byPanaji, May 31 (IANS) An inmate of Goa’s Aguada Central Jail died while six others are undergoing treatment for of food poisoning, an official…
Court extends Meiyappan, Vindoo custody till Monday
byMumbai, May 31 (IANS) A Mumbai court Friday extended till June 3 the police custody of the IPL spot fixing scam accused Gurunath Meiyappan,…
Jamaican gets life term for killing Indian American woman
byWashington, May 31 (IANS) A Jamaican man has been convicted to life in prison by a US court for the murder of an Indian…
Impersonation arrests puts Nigerians under airport scanner
byNew Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Nigerian nationals are under the scanner at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport after eight people from the country were…
Illegal phone recordings set to quiet burial in Himachal Pradesh
byShimla: Probe into the sensitive phone tapping case is up against a legal wall for the investigators hold that contents of the unauthorized snooping…